The concept of the “ladder of inference” was originally articulated by Chris Argyris but was brought to the mainstream in 1994 with the “5th Discipline Fieldbook” written by Peter Senge. The concept has become one of the most effective tools in understanding and explaining why we so often get into conflict and fail to get resolution. It is a logical representation of the natural process of decision making used by humans. Please excuse my butchery, but the logical flow is as such:

Situation:

Norfolk Karate Academy was in the process of ramping up for a large offline marketing campaign when the owner realized his online presence seemed to be lacking. Although the business website itself was extremely functional with many customer integration features and loaded with a great deal of rich content, the SERP listings within the three major search engines wasn’t strong.

With the domain name of www.norfolkkarate.com, it was not surprising to see their first position placement on Google for “norfolk karate”. What was surprising, however, was the absence of listing for “hampton roads karate” or “hampton roads jiu jitsu”. The broader metro area is referred to as Hampton Roads.

traversing the se lifecycle

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Situation:

The Winehouse Bar & Bistro, located in Hampton Roads, Virginia had a continuing problem with its company web presence. The problem: the website was used as nothing more than an electronic business card. It did not provide any reason for customers to read about the business or any function to give customers a reason to return to the site. In short, the website was nothing more than directions for the customers that already new about the business.

Additionally, website traffic was anemic at best garnering no more than 15-20 unique visits a day averaging less than 1 page view per visit.

Search Engine Optimization has been called everything from a business imperative to voodoo witchcraft. One thing is for sure, every internet presence better have a strategy. Otherwise, you run the risk of simply floating along a current information without direction or control.

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